by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
Former New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg and conservative clean energy advocate Jay Faison testified in support of nuclear power at a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water.”It is important that we maintain the diversity of our...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
The House Climate Solutions Caucus added two more Republican lawmakers, bringing the total bipartisan membership up to 20 members of Congress. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) and Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) both joined this week.Amodei commented that “in order to legislate...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 15, 2016 | EcoRight News
A coalition of prominent military and national security experts, including former advisors to Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, released three documents this week highlighting the “significant and direct risks to US military...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 14, 2016 | EcoRight News
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, responding to a questionnaire issued by Scientific American and other science-based organizations, wrote: “There is still much that needs to be investigated in the field of ‘climate change.'” However, he...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 13, 2016 | EcoRight News
South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford joined as a co-sponsor of the so-called Gibson Resolution, which expresses support for House action on climate change. He is the 14th Republican to support the measure.”The hardest step of life is the first step,”...
by Chelsea Henderson | Sep 13, 2016 | EcoRight News
Former CIA director R. James Woolsey, who has warned of the national security implications of climate change and advocated for the U.S. to shift toward more clean energy use, joined GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s team as senior national security...
